If you walked into my cubical right now, it would be hard to recognize that one of my top strengths is appreciation of beauty and excellence. Messy desk aside, I also had a hard time recognizing this strength in myself. The VIA Institute on Character explains that...

The VIA website shares a pretty entertaining video illustrating fairness and this concept’s ability to be understood by animals, specifically monkeys. In the video, two monkeys must perform the same task (handing the researcher a rock) but they are compensated...

We know learning for people of all ages is not confined to a traditional school environment. And we know the education of our youth is greatly impacted by the communities that they live in. What would it look like to educate, engage, and empower community members...

An advisor to one of my projects recently said to me: “We know what impact strengths have on an individual, in family settings, in schools, and organizations… but what we don’t know is what that impact looks like in a community.” We are exploring just that with the...

“You live in a world of rainbows and unicorns” my father has said to me on more than one occasion, commenting on my never-ending drive to make the world that currently exists match the idyllic version that only exists in my head. The disconnect between our current...